Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8f11a03561bfee3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-07-20 01:15:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 4127e534209da370a0169b305b59082c SHA-1: 069a1112e48c020beb4e444c51b0c9943c134e8f SHA-256: d8f11a03561bfee3d922bcbdb516f25dbb9868f0fe3ae850cf2cf1475fdfc1f5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and the numerous unknown reputation URLs indicate a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/75254505659.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://waterreducer.cn/d/files/32993456483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunwayhk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sujewafanolelefuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rongoldmanlaw.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/godapivoxesinizunajunadop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/67734867443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salkim.com/userfiles/file/sarolafajekexoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/19371024964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/66836431794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kme.pl/global/app/webroot/uploads/file/16265334726042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9166f6aafe---wukus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9275fdd12dcef224fd3b50ebfb70c4c/34133072730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/bikitodovarub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9209738af6---varofudupujeripedawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/due30hd1kl3v3h7pcnprm46eag/40720026357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranaghatpchsschool.org/userfiles/file/96935462530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1203705b0---45242196506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfd83441bb1---zipevovevan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b225f7cc579e9e3bf28334e7e679bc7/17078675837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7570d6e0f57789f50400dd39d3ad7338/23474586749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=kenn+whitaker+and+forest+whitakerPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e7e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7E3 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 30ed5ff8c1bd7b1604c5afb7db754177f9979ddc77eeb620e81a7b30813ee3b8
font_01_sfnt_off00010006.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10006 17800 bytes
SHA-256: 6caceadfbf247fc61a8170524d5e07cda5e61355ba210399bf81e238be78b86d
font_02_sfnt_off00012dfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DFD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1